Online Obituaries Friday, Jan. 4, 2002 2002 obituaries    2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Ralph W. Lueck, 86, of Lafayette, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.    A memorial service will take place at a later date and a complete obituary will appear in the Journal at a later date.    Arrangements are pending at the Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Winthrop.    Arthur S. Schroeder, 89, formerly of Fairfax, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at St. Marys Hospital, in Rochester.    Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church in Fairfax, with burial in the Bethel Cemetery in Cairo Township, Renville County.    Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Friday and 7:30-8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Fairfax as well as one hour before services at the church on Saturday.    He is survived by sons, Virgil Schroeder of Owatonna, Keith Schroeder of Comfrey; daughters LaVon Funck of Sun City, Ariz., Diane Nelson of Peoria, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother, Morris Schroeder of Fairfax; and sister, Mavis Hjulberg of Brooklyn Park.    He was born April 17, 1912, in Bandon Township, Renville County, Minn., to Carl August and Selma (Mundahl) Schroeder.    Mabel Kathryn Nelson Severson, 90, of Alexandria, died Jan. 2, 2002, in Lamberton.    Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Walnut Grove with burial in the Walnut Grove Cemetery.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Jacobson Funeral Home in Walnut Grove.    She is survived by her husband, Leonard Severson; sons, Wallace Nelson of Lamberton and Gary Nelson of Palm Desert, Calif.; daughter, Shirley Schafer of Sioux Falls, S.D.; sister, Vivian Gertjejansen; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.    She was born March 20, 1911, in Walnut Grove to Abel and Amanda (Jernell) Anderson.    Olga Voecks, 91, of 221 South Jefferson in New Ulm died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001 at the Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wis.    Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in New Ulm.    Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday and from 7:30-9 a.m. Saturday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm and will continue for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Saturday.    She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Naomi and Reverend David Plocher of Marshall, Wis., Garda and William Stanis of Muskego, Wis.; a daughter-in-law, Marie Voecks of Mundelein, Ill.; seven grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Aldonna Ulichny of Milwaukee, Wis.; and sisters-in-law, Ruth Ulichny Wagner of Milwaukee, Wis., Louise Ulichny of Phoenix, Ariz. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Professor Victor F. Voecks in 1973; her son, Michael Voecks in 1997; brothers, Arthur Ulichny and Karl    Ulichny; and a sister, Ruth Miller.    Olga was born on Dec. 17, 1910 in Cudahy, Wis. to Michael and Martha (Schrank) Ulichny. She graduated in 1928 from Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, Wis. and then graduated in 1932 from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wis. On August 6, 1932 she married Reverend Victor F. Voecks in Cudahy, Wis. They moved to New Ulm in 1932 and she worked at the New Ulm Hobby Shop for many years. She was a fifty-year and founding member of the New Ulm Community Concert Association where she held the position of General Manager as well as served on the Board of Directors of the association and was a charter member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church in New Ulm and was the first president of the Ladies Aid at church.